Jason Diamond
@jasondiamond.bsky.social
“Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out fall of 2025 on Flatiron.
Reposted by Jason Diamond
I really enjoyed BLANK SPACE by W. David Marx, a look at how barren and repetitive culture has been in the first quarter of this century. My column is in Sunday's print @bostonglobe.com but you can read it here now. Please subscribe! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/a...
Why is 21st century culture so bland and stale? And why does it matter? - The Boston Globe
The top two pop artists in 2006 — Beyonce and Taylor Swift — were still the two top pop artists in 2024. That's a problem, Marx says.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I really enjoyed BLANK SPACE by W. David Marx, a look at how barren and repetitive culture has been in the first quarter of this century. My column is in Sunday's print @bostonglobe.com but you can read it here now. Please subscribe! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/a...
Joyce Carol Oates ruining Elon Musk’s week makes her my Nobel front runner.
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Joyce Carol Oates ruining Elon Musk’s week makes her my Nobel front runner.
Hell yeah I wanted to read this. defector.com/marty-reisma...
The Real Marty Supreme | Defector
In the winter of 1977, Sports Illustrated reporter Ray Kennedy ventured into the Riverside Table Tennis club at 96th and Broadway. It was a dingy joint with leaky pipes, below street level, beneath a ...
defector.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hell yeah I wanted to read this. defector.com/marty-reisma...
Lol.
"Another source with direct knowledge said the number of Border Patrol agents currently operating in the Chicago area will go from 250 down to 100. But in March, that number could increase to 1,000 agents."
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one source said they could b...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Lol.
If you’re in Philly, tomorrow I’m debuting a new thing. It’s a live event that looks at how immigrants and people from different places help make cities great by shaping and reshaping the food local culture.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you’re in Philly, tomorrow I’m debuting a new thing. It’s a live event that looks at how immigrants and people from different places help make cities great by shaping and reshaping the food local culture.
Hottest shirt of 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hottest shirt of 2025.
I hate to say this because I don’t like perpetuating stereotypes, but I feel like it’s just going to be a bunch of landlords kvetching about how he’s making them lose money and Greenblatt will be like “See? Antisemitism!”
Seems the ADL is creating a Canary Mission-like project specifically to police the ideology of Zohran’s hires. h/t @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social @petersterne.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I hate to say this because I don’t like perpetuating stereotypes, but I feel like it’s just going to be a bunch of landlords kvetching about how he’s making them lose money and Greenblatt will be like “See? Antisemitism!”
It’s fitting NYC elected a mayor who seems to never sleep.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s fitting NYC elected a mayor who seems to never sleep.
I only talk to him once maybe every five years and he’s technically in Westchester but I still wanted to check in.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I only talk to him once maybe every five years and he’s technically in Westchester but I still wanted to check in.
Curtis Sliwa proved that haters are capable of helping to bring change.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Curtis Sliwa proved that haters are capable of helping to bring change.
Just need write-ins to beat Adams now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Just need write-ins to beat Adams now.
Best city in the world, baby!
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Best city in the world, baby!
Damn. Love to see it.
NYC hits 2 million votes, breaking the 1989 record (1.9M) and taking us back to records set in the 1960s!
(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)
(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Damn. Love to see it.
Curious to see whether Cuomo gets a book deal or Fox News gig first.
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Curious to see whether Cuomo gets a book deal or Fox News gig first.
Sitting here on the eve of what is hopefully the end of Andrew Cuomo’s political career and remembering how he suddenly made weed legal in hopes of getting people to ignore all the trouble he was in as governor.
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sitting here on the eve of what is hopefully the end of Andrew Cuomo’s political career and remembering how he suddenly made weed legal in hopes of getting people to ignore all the trouble he was in as governor.
I’m glad Curtis Sliwa almost 100 percent won’t become the next mayor tomorrow, but I’ll also miss seeing his crazy ass featured so much on TV.
open.substack.com/pub/meltedch...
open.substack.com/pub/meltedch...
Curtis Sliwa And The Last Of the Tri-State Loudmouths
It's probably the end of an era.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’m glad Curtis Sliwa almost 100 percent won’t become the next mayor tomorrow, but I’ll also miss seeing his crazy ass featured so much on TV.
open.substack.com/pub/meltedch...
open.substack.com/pub/meltedch...
Marathon weather is almost always perfect.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Marathon weather is almost always perfect.
There’s a short home video clip of Jerry Stiller trying to catch a pigeon that got into his apartment in “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.” I’m happy to know something like that once happened.
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There’s a short home video clip of Jerry Stiller trying to catch a pigeon that got into his apartment in “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.” I’m happy to know something like that once happened.
Yeah, what he said. But also: that art deco bathroom is my dream pooping situation.
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yeah, what he said. But also: that art deco bathroom is my dream pooping situation.
Reposted by Jason Diamond
"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value
Since Biblical times, stoning people to death has been a horrible punishment reserved for the worst criminals. But now, in PC liberal America, the ...
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
The soundtrack to Kaplan’s Plot is up at @largeheartedboy.bsky.social. Also gave me an excuse to talk about the difference between novels that are influenced by cinema, and novels that are written with the purpose of being adapted into films.
largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
Jason Diamond’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Kaplan’s Plot – Largehearted Boy
largeheartedboy.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The soundtrack to Kaplan’s Plot is up at @largeheartedboy.bsky.social. Also gave me an excuse to talk about the difference between novels that are influenced by cinema, and novels that are written with the purpose of being adapted into films.
largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
Emphasis on “sadly.”
"I like to think I’m directing a story, just on paper and I sadly don’t have a multi-million dollar budget."
@jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
@jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Emphasis on “sadly.”
Reposted by Jason Diamond
Tonight my daughter met this pup and I told her “Dogs in sunglasses is something that never gets old” and it was a nice reminder there will always be a few good things no matter how bad things get.
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Tonight my daughter met this pup and I told her “Dogs in sunglasses is something that never gets old” and it was a nice reminder there will always be a few good things no matter how bad things get.
Reposted by Jason Diamond
@jasondiamond.bsky.social ‘s book KAPLAN’S PLOT is on here! Woo hoo!
(Read it)
(Read it)
For Esquire, I updated my best books of the year list to include 7 new titles that have dropped since May. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
The 27 Best Books of 2025 (So Far)
Whether you’re looking for a compelling nonfiction mystery, a charming fantasy escape, or a suspenseful science fiction thriller, this year's literary slate has something for everyone.
www.esquire.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@jasondiamond.bsky.social ‘s book KAPLAN’S PLOT is on here! Woo hoo!
(Read it)
(Read it)